Does anyone else find Mike Barnacle particularly offensive?

[marylanddem]

I can't stand his smirking know-it-all face.

[curious one]

1. Just remember he was Tim R. close friend. Get the picture.

[Disturbed]

3. He is just another Rethug Shill. Not as repugnant as most of them.

:thumbsdown:

[dogtag]

8. Russert's death

was certainly a great career move for Barnicle. He's been all but gone since Imus went off the air on MSNBC.

[malaise]

2. He disgusts me

Remember now - Gramps is not responsible for those abominably stupid ads - he's a man of honor.

Sorry Barnacle and Andrea -"I'm John McSame and I approve this message".

[bemildred]

4. Barnicle: What was he thinking?

It started innocently enough - Mike Barnicle, far too busy to do any real work, churned out one of his patented, inane "I was just thinking" pieces, probably in about 15 minutes.

Only it turned out that eight to ten of the oh-so-witty comments bore a striking resemblance to similar comments in George Carlin's book BrainDroppings (the exact number depends on whether you believe the Globe or the Herald). A Howie Carr fan dropped a dime to the Herald, which, naturally, promptly wrote about it .

When confronted by Globe Editor Matt Storin (in a phone call from his vacation hideway in Europe), Barnicle said he had never read Carlin's book. But then somebody found a pesky videotape of him on "Chronicle" promoting the book as "a yuk on every page." Oh, yeah, that, Barnicle said. He then explained that even though he was on videotape recommending the book, he hadn't actually read it. And he refused Storin's request that he do a Patricia Smith and resign.

On 8/11, Storin announced he had changed his mind - he would suspend Barnicle for two months but let him come back to work on Oct. 4.

http://www.boston-online.com/barnicle

He was thinking he was a self-serving asshole, and that's still what he's thinking.

[FrenchieCat]

5. Yes, and I won't be watching Hardball till Tweety returns......

that is my small way of sending the message that I don't like this particular stand in.
I have already written a letter to that affect.

As one person, it is all that I can do.

[spanone]

6. some other fab DU'er termed it 'Hardbarnicle'

[Politicalboi]

7. And how he calls

Obama, Obomber.

[pilar007]

9. I don't mind....

because he lets the guests talk...and doesn't rudely interrupt like matthews